Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves were 10.00-12.00 higher and heifer calves were steady on comparable sales. Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 higher. Trade and demand active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $238.25/cwt on 171 head.

Average price

$238.25

171 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,308

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,080

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$209.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.50

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	264.97	1,388	99
Medium and Large 1-2	615	226.30	1,391	48
Medium and Large 2	509	185.20	943	17thin
Small and Medium 2-3	553	74.00	409	6thin
Small 4	560	55.00	308	1thin

One grade step is worth $209.97/cwt here — about $1,080 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale171 hd

238.25

—

NM average3 barns · 858 hd

266.76

−28.50

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,390	102.31	1,422	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	108.39	1,305	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	902	82.83	747	46

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$1,393	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,318	$1,393	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	760	$500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,361	$1,895	35
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$1,869	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,072	$1,718	10

Every lot, as filed

128 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,324	2,110.00/head	2,110.00–2,110.00	2,110	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	950	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	925	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	191.20/cwt	191.00–192.00	1,455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	240.14/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,133	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	230.03/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	233.00/cwt	232.00–235.00	839	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	173.41/cwt	170.00–180.00	916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	210	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	212.86/cwt	202.50–220.00	1,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	247.02/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,055	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	232.60/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,354	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	240.97/cwt	227.50–249.00	1,624	7
Steers	Small 3	—	365	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	253.07/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,483	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	238.98/cwt	234.00–248.00	1,264	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	175	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	420	1
Steers	Small 4	—	560	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	299.11/cwt	297.50–300.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	210.35/cwt	201.00–220.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	188.17/cwt	150.00–200.00	915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	218.47/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	970	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	618	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	243.57/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,162	3
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	487	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	341	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	251.42/cwt	250.00–253.00	943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	283.47/cwt	250.00–315.00	950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	212.01/cwt	182.00–250.00	477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	178.22/cwt	172.00–188.00	1,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	183.03/cwt	175.00–189.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	242.63/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	255.77/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,358	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	206.60/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,287	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	264.32/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,145	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	198.33/cwt	185.00–210.00	1,604	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	214.40/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,443	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	263.99/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,241	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	528	267.30/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,411	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	315.13/cwt	312.50–317.00	1,018	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	355	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	236.43/cwt	221.00–246.00	1,714	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	316.02/cwt	315.00–317.50	875	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	245.67/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,562	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	304.80/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,100	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	299.27/cwt	299.00–300.00	688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	175	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	170	307.50/cwt	300.00–317.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	825	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,249	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,101	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	133	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	228.36/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,069	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	234.83/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,010	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	109.93/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,364	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	684	63.03/cwt	60.00–66.00	431	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	843	83.74/cwt	81.00–86.00	706	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	807	74.69/cwt	70.00–79.50	603	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	84.79/cwt	80.00–89.50	794	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	95.75/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,009	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,007	101.78/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,025	5
Bulls	—	—	1,710	126.52/cwt	120.00–131.50	2,163	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	635	51.85/cwt	30.00–66.00	329	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,420	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,548	1
Bulls	—	—	1,614	113.78/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,836	6
Bulls	—	—	1,234	93.22/cwt	68.00–108.00	1,150	20
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,355	94.27/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,277	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	121.67/cwt	105.00–130.00	1,268	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	108.75/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,009	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	1,610.00/head	1,500.00–1,750.00	1,610	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	1,710.00/head	1,600.00–1,750.00	1,710	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,472	1,916.25/head	1,910.00–1,935.00	1,916	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,028	1,062.50/head	925.00–1,200.00	1,063	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,392.50/head	1,360.00–1,425.00	1,393	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,318	1,392.50/head	1,300.00–1,485.00	1,393	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	760	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,004	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	835	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,417	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	186.49/cwt	175.00–192.00	1,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	196.56/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,219	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	229.41/cwt	220.00–240.00	998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	858	164.96/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,415	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	520	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	416	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	160.26/cwt	150.00–180.00	1,090	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	222.55/cwt	207.00–231.00	1,019	4
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	460	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	232.20/cwt	226.00–241.00	1,447	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	253.38/cwt	250.00–255.00	983	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	130	360.00/head	360.00–360.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,101	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	545	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	155	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	183.33/cwt	150.00–200.00	907	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,037	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	—	675	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	185	460.00/head	460.00–460.00	460	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	975	1,835.00/head	1,835.00–1,835.00	1,835	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,172	2,022.22/head	1,850.00–2,085.00	2,022	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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